The day started out cloudy and cool but the sun came out and it was a glorious day. We rode out bikes about a mile to a little store where we could purchase fishing licenses. We have high hopes of having a few fresh walleye meals as we travel through Canada.
Ross goes to Canada goose hunting with
his buddies each fall so is familiar with many of the things that seem foreign to me. Such as what the heck licensed dining is? I thought it meant the place was checked by the health department. Nope, it means they have a liquor license. 
The American dollar not being what it used to be, we stopped at an ATM machine to get some Canadian money. Electrical power here is referred to as “hydro”.
We are staying in a little marina called Carters. It’s very close to town so a short walk to the post office, restaurants, grocery store and liquor store. As Americans we are very limited as to the amount of alcohol we can bring into Canada. We walked down to the liquor store, which is operated by the government. The taxes in Canada are something else! A bottle of our favorite scotch back home is about $21. That same bottle in U.S. dollars here is approximately $32. Seems everything is taxed in Canada.
Ross figured out how to use Skype on the computer so we were able to call home for only 2 cents a minute. Sweet. We get charged something like 2 dollars a minute to use our cell phones.
For my birthday dinner we walked a block to
Tomasso’s. We were told it’s the best place in the area to eat.
Ross ordered their special spaghetti. It had everything but the kitchen sink in it and he was in heartburn heaven.
sorry I missed ur bday looks like fun places
ReplyDeleteI have so missed ur blog. Yeah u r back